Goods Movement

Metro Press Release (PDF)Describes the SR-710, the I-710, and High Desert Corridor as the three high-profile projects specifically designed for goods movement from the twin ports of L.A. and Long Beach, 3/21/2011

Everything Long BeachMetro Executive Director, Highway Programs, Doug Failing interview where he states that the SR-710 North Gap Closure is one of three projects being planned to address the demands of commerce, 3/24/2011

Disinformation about Trucks
in the 710 Tunnel (PDF)Statements by Metro, Caltrans, SCAG, and their Official Representatives asserting the tunnel is not being built for freight trucks coupled with their contradictory statements that prove the projects are bing planned as a goods corridor.

Financial Reports and
Investor Presentations

InfraConsult PPP Report (PDF)Metro financial report outlining six highways projects, including the SR-710 and the plan to bundle it with the I-710 Freight Corridor and the High Desert Corridor to attract public-private investors, 7/8/2010 (Shorter version with slides, received and filed by Metro Board 6/20/2012)

Metro & Caltrans

Caltrans released the SR 710 North Study Draft EIR-EIS on March 6, 2015. The public has 120 days to read the 26, 625 pages and comment. See our new DEIR-Info page to learn more.

Caltrans released the SR710 Alternatives Analysis Report in
January 2013, just five days prior to the public open house meetings.
See maps, descriptions and analyses on the five alternatives being studied.

The environmental process should include genuine community involvement, rigorous technical analysis and full transparency by the agencies. One public participation component of the SR-710 study, the Community Liaison Councils (CLCs), did not allow a two-way exchange of opinions and ideas, as promised. This infuriated the communities, especially those most affected by the project who were expecting to be more involved. The role of the CLCs collapsed and meetings of the CLCs were suspended after just a few months. The No 710 Action Committee expressed complete dissatisfaction in the overall public outreach efforts in this Dissatisfaction Statement (PDF) 7/20/2013

Stakeholders, comprised of city officials and transportation leaders, were invited to participate in two other outreach committees. The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Stakeholders Outreach Advisory Committee (SOAC) met quarterly. The slides presented by Metro at the meetings showed study elements and design modifications that followed the release of the Alternatives Analysis. The single bore tunnel option was introduced during one of these meetings and did not go through the same level of scrutiny as the other alternatives.